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Curley Russell
American jazz musician
1
Tadd Dameron
American pianist
2
Dexter Gordon
American jazz tenor saxophonist
3
Kenny Dorham
American jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer
4
Howard McGhee
American trumpeter
5
Duke Jordan
American musician
6
Cecil Payne
American jazz saxophonist
7
Nelson Boyd
American musician
8
Shadow Wilson
American jazz drummer (1919-1959)
9
Charlie Shavers
jazz trumpeter
10
Billy Eckstine
American musician
11
Billy Bauer
American jazz guitarist
12
Al Haig
American pianist
13
Charlie Persip
American jazz drummer
14
Max Roach
American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer
15
Charlie Rouse
American musician
16
Ernie Henry
American musician
17
Leo Parker
American musician
18
Budd Johnson
American musician
19
Teddy Kotick
American musician
20
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
American saxophonist
21
Kenny Clarke
American jazz drummer
22
Gene Ammons
American jazz tenor saxophonist
23
Art Taylor
American jazz drummer
24
Art Mardigan
American musician
25
Roy Haynes
American jazz drummer and group leader
26
Oscar Pettiford
American musician
27
Rudy Williams
American musician
28
Jerome Richardson
American jazz multi-instrumentalist
29
Lucky Thompson
American saxophonist
30
Tommy Potter
American musician
31
Tate Houston
American saxophonist
32
Leonard Gaskin
American musician
33
Earl Coleman
American singer
34
Wardell Gray
American musician
35
Osie Johnson
American jazz drummer, arranger and singer
36
Sonny Criss
American jazz musician
37
Henry Coker
American musician
38
Coleman Hawkins
American jazz saxophonist
39
George Duvivier
American musician
40
Kenny Burrell
American jazz guitarist
41
Al Hall
American musician
42
Walter Bishop Jr.
American jazz pianist, recording artist
43
Julius Watkins
American jazz musician
44
Hal McKusick
American jazz flautist and saxophonist
45
Wendell Marshall
American jazz musician; double bassist
46
Jimmy Cleveland
American jazz trombonist
47
Bennie Green
American musician
48
Kai Winding
Danish-born American jazz musician and trombonist
49
Peter King
British musician
50
Babs Gonzales
American singer
51
Eddie Bert
American musician
52
Red Norvo
American musician
53
Don Lanphere
American musician
54
Gil Fuller
American jazz arranger/composer and bandleader
55
Benny Harris
American jazz trumpeter
56
Buddy Childers
American musician
57
Freddie Green
American jazz guitarist
58
Cedar Walton
American hard bop jazz pianist
59
Hampton Hawes
American jazz pianist
60
Harold Land
American musician
61
Metronome All-Stars
band that plays jazz
62
Gigi Gryce
American recording artist; jazz saxophonist, flutist, clarinetist, composer, arranger, and educator
63
Frank Wess
American saxophonist and flautist, composer and arranger
64
Patti Bown
American musician
65
Kenny Drew
American jazz pianist
66
Walter Davis
American pianist
67
Clifford Brown
American jazz musician
68
Sahib Shihab
American jazz saxophonist and flautist
